PART I  THE FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1  THE NATURE AND TOOLS OF RESEARCH   PART II  FOCUSING YOUR RESEARCH EFFORTS Chapter 2  THE PROBLEM: THE HEART OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS Chapter 3  REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE Chapter 4  PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT    Chapter 5  WRITING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL PART III  QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH   Chapter 6  DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH     Chapter 7  EXPERIMENTAL, QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL, AND EX POST FACTO DESIGNS Chapter 8 ANALYZING QUANTITATIVE DATA PART IV  QUALITATIVE RESEARCH    Chapter 9  QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Chapter 10  HISTORICAL RESEARCH Chapter 11 ANALYZING QUALITATIVE DATA PART V  MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH Chapter 12  MIXED-METHODS DESIGNS PART VI  RESEARCH REPORTS Chapter 13  PLANNING AND PREPARING A FINAL RESEARCH REPORT APPENDICES    Appendix A  USING A SPREADSHEET: MICROSOFT EXCEL Appendix B  USING SPSS